Hello all I escaped from South Wales yesterday to beautiful Herefordshire to see if I could find any trace of my g grandfather James Powell and gg grandfather Thomas Powell in St Weonards - what a lovely place! Times must have been grim there in the 1870's for the family to move down to the pits and iron works of South Wales from the idyll surroundings of St Weonards. James birth certificate gave his birth place as "Plumb pudding" which I tried to locate. A local remembered the cottage but unfortunately the site is now a turkey farm. This is a slim chance but does anyone have a photo of this cottage? I would also be interested in any local history publications on this part of Herefordshire as it appears I will be here for some time on the trail of ancestors. Diolch yn fawr/many thanks Terry ap Hywel Caerphilly Wales http://www.terry-ap-hywel.info/family/ (now updated to include Herefordshire connections)